By the late seventies, studio contracts, and the studio system, had been a thing of the past for nearly a generation. And actors and directors had paid the price: public meltdowns, stalled careers, needless scandals, bankruptcies. We stepped into the breach by providing full-service management. Our rote functions, called on every half hour, were getting clients a copy of a film, theater tickets, or reservations at a hot restaurant. The next level of ask, which often rose to my desk, was someone who needed to get their children into a school, or needed an appointment with the best knee guy or a
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